News

Hosted on MSN1mon
Plan to remove all hedgehogs from Hebridean isles
A new project - Saving Uist Nature (SUN) - would trap hedgehogs in South Uist and Benbecula and release them on mainland Scotland. A previous initiative - the Uist Wader Project (UWP ...
Hosted on MSN1mon
"Unbelievable” – South Uist’s latest ferry shambles
John Daniel Peteranna of South Uist Business Impact Group described the situation as “unbelievable” and criticised CalMac for not moving ferries around in order to ease disruption on the Oban ...
Daily Mail9y
Portraits from the lost world: Evocative images from the Outer Hebrides in the 1950s capture the magic and isolation of a forgotten way of life
Rare 1950s photographs taken in the Outer Hebrides by legendary American photographer Paul Strand will be shown in the UK in the largest exhibition since his death. The collection of nine images ...
BBC1mon
Funding for new ferry promised at 'crisis' meeting
Fiona Hyslop said money was allocated in the budget to replace the ageing MV Lord of the Isles, which serves South Uist, within "about three years". Hyslop made the pledge at a "crisis summit ...
BBC1mon
Isle of South Uist
Funding is secured to develop plans to take them from South Uist and Benbecula to mainland Scotland. The bagpipes Alasdair Campbell plays today had a part to play in his great-grandfather's ...
BBC6y
Fever pitch: A celebration of Eriskay's football pitch
The small island of Eriskay lies between South Uist and Barra in the southern isles of the Outer Hebrides' island chain on Scotland's Atlantic coast. Bonnie Prince Charlie first set foot on ...